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Definition of Dasyatis
1. Noun. Type genus of the Dasyatidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Dasyatidae, Family Dasyatidae
Member holonyms: Dasyatis Centroura, Roughtail Stingray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dasyatis
Literary usage of Dasyatis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The true sting-ray (stingaree, or clam-cracker), dasyatis, is more widely diffused
and the species are very closely related. In these species the body is ..."
2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus dasyatis Rafinesque. Sting-rays. Body rounded, very flat; snout more or
less prominent; whip-like tail with a strong, barbed spine near its base, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1904)
"In overhauling our Japanese material we find nothing which really corresponds to
dasyatis kuhli, and the latter species, known by the bluish spots, ..."
4. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"A comparison of the ears of Myxine, Petromyzon, dasyatis, Torpedo, and Man clearly
shows the connection of the duct with the utricular and saccular chambers ..."
5. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"dasyatis bastata (Dekay). STING RAY. In July, 1910, at Cape Lookout, ...
dasyatis say (Le Sueur). STING RAY. The commonest of all the sting rays in this ..."
6. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Four or five species on Atlantic coast; 2 are known to occur in North Carolina,
and another (dasyatis hastata) may be looked for. ii. ..."
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